"Manager Ma, please come quickly! Please come quickly!"
The form of Yuezhou is changing, and the city of Jiangzhou is developing again.
Ma Cheng's fleet was sailing down the river.
Their first stop was Tongling.
We had lunch at Pengze Zhang Heng's place at noon, and arrived in Tongling at sunset in the evening.
Tongling County Magistrate Guo Qi is a friend of Zhang Heng, and the two of them got in touch some time ago.
Guo Qi also had some ideas about taking refuge in Song Yang.
However, there is Liu Min, the prefect of Xuanzhou, who is suppressing him, so he is also working hard on this matter.
The lineage of the King of Xuanzhou was also completely wiped out, with not a single one left.
But the refugee from the prefecture is still there, but his leg was broken by a beam.
After raising him for two and a half months, he could barely walk on the ground.
Xuanzhou is basically in a state of autonomy for various regions, but Liu Min is quite popular in Xuanzhou and all county officials respect him, so there is no chaos in Xuanzhou.
Moreover, the prefect Liu Min was Guo Qi's teacher. Without this relationship, Guo Qi might have joined Song Yang.
He mentioned this matter to Liu Min, but Liu Min was still undecided.
Because several major changes occurred in Jiangning, Liu Min was not sure of the future situation.
Guo Qi didn't know what the specific incident was, only Liu Min knew it.
So this matter has been left alone.
Ma Cheng came today, bringing a letter from Zhang Heng.
So Guo Qi received Ma Cheng very warmly.
The people of Tongling only had more than 3,000 people, but they had 10,000 shi of food.
It can be said that he is extremely rich.
Therefore, Guo Qi was generous in his approach. Not only did he sponsor Ma Cheng with one hundred stones of food and fodder, but he also invited the entire fleet to dinner.
"Master Guo is so polite, I feel a little embarrassed." Ma Cheng returned the greeting with a smile.
Guo Qi hurriedly said: "It should be! It's all what it should be."
"Xiaoguan has long heard that the prince of Jiangzhou has managed Jiangzhou in an orderly manner and has even restored the order before the disaster. Today, General Manager Ma is here, which further demonstrates the power of Jiangzhou."
"I have admired the prince for a long time, but unfortunately I have never been able to pay him a visit in person."
When Ma Cheng arrived today, Guo Qi immediately praised Song Yang and said he wished he could surrender immediately.
Ma Cheng also understood that he was leaving a way out for the future.
The two were polite again, and then Guo Qicai asked Ma Cheng why he was here.
Ma Chengyi said he was going to Jiangning.
Guo Qi frowned and said, "Manager Ma, be careful when you go here. Something may have happened in Jiangning."
"An accident? What accident?" Ma Cheng asked doubtfully.
Guo Qi shook his head and said: "This matter is quite confidential, and I don't even know about it."
"Liu Min, the prefect of Xuanzhou, is my teacher. He has all Jiang Ning's letters, but he never told me about them."
"Xiaguan Judging from some signs, there may have been many wars in Jiangning."
The information Guo Qineng gave was limited, and no one believed what happened to Jiang Ning.
"Where is Magistrate Liu? Is there any action after receiving Jiang Ning's letter?" Ma Cheng asked.
It is not known whether the King of Runzhou in Runzhou, where Jiangning is located, is still alive.
If he were still alive, Jiang Ning might have been controlled by him.
There are no refugees from Runzhou in Jiangzhou, and there are very few refugees from Runzhou who go to Xuanzhou.
According to Guo Qi, there were only a few refugees in Runzhou in the half month after the natural disaster, and almost no refugees came after that.
This shows that Runzhou has already restrained the refugees.
If Runzhou has unified management, it will also have a certain impact on the expansion of Song Yang's Jiangzhou Group.
After all, Jiangning is the political center of Daqian Jiangnan, and people and officials everywhere attach great importance to the changes in Jiangning.
Guo Qi replied: "The teacher is in the capital of Xuanzhou. Several counties in Xuanzhou east of Mount Jiuhua have settled down."
After he finished speaking, he added: "In terms of military and political affairs, the teacher alone makes the final decision."
Ma Cheng didn't think anything of Liu Min's rather arbitrary approach.
In troubled times, perhaps only this kind of arbitrary action can make the world stable as soon as possible.
Xuanzhou is limited to the barriers of Jiuhua Mountain and Guichi Water, so east-west transportation is inherently inconvenient.
Liu Min finished reorganizing the counties in the east and when he sent people to the west, the people in several counties in the west had already left and the buildings were empty.
Liu Min was decisive and gave up the business in the west.
Focused on the eastern counties.
After more than three months of hard work, Xuanzhou finally stabilized and people began to carry out production and life in an orderly manner.
Compared with Ezhou, Yuezhou and other places in Jiangbei, Xuanzhou was also lucky. It was not harassed by rogue bandits and was given sufficient recovery time.
"Xuancheng..."
Ma Cheng muttered that if he wanted to go to Xuancheng to inquire about the situation, he would have to go through Shuiyang River.
This saves another circle.
"Mr. Ma, what the teacher means is that no decision should be made until the situation becomes clear."
"If Manager Ma is worried, it's best to go to Jiangning and have a look yourself."
"The teacher shouldn't be able to ask anything."
Guo Qi seemed to understand Ma Cheng's thoughts and persuaded him.
Not even one of his students could ask questions, let alone an outsider like Ma Cheng.
Liu Min is a very deep guy. No matter how Jiang Ning changes, he doesn't say a word.
Not only that, but heavy troops were also assembled at Dangtu, the border between the two states.
To prevent other Xuanzhou officials from having private contact with Jiang Ning.
Ma Cheng nodded and said: "In that case, I will go to Jiangning myself tomorrow to have a look."
"Manager Ma, when the fleet arrives at Dangtu, you only need to report your identity and no one will intercept it."
"When Tu Guards General Xu Gaoshan is my cousin, they only stop the troops from Xuanzhou and Runzhou."
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Rested overnight in Tongling, and the fleet set sail again the next day.
From Tongling to Dangtu, it was an eighty-mile waterway. Because the water patterns were unfamiliar, we walked for another whole day.
I wanted to hurry up and rush to Jiangning, but the sky was dark and there would definitely be a heavy rain tomorrow.
So when it was almost time to go to Dangtu, Ma Cheng decided to take a rest in Dangtu.
At dusk, two warships came up the river downstream, the size of which was as big as the warships of the Ma Chenggong fleet.
This was the first time Ma Cheng encountered a warship of the same magnitude after the natural disaster.
"Where does this lord come from?"
When the two sides met, there was no tense situation.
Ma Cheng's ship used the semaphore common to Daqian, which looked very official.
"I, the Chief Water Transport Manager of Jiangzhou, went to Jiangning on the order of the Prince of Jiangzhou."
"King of Jiangzhou? I'm rude to you."
"I will serve as Tu Guards General Xu Gaoshan. I wish you all the best, my lord!"
Xu Gaoshan cupped his fists in the direction of Jiangzhou, and Ma Cheng also cupped his fists in return.
"Master Ma, there may be a war in Jiangning. There is no need to go there if there is no emergency."
"A war? Who is fighting whom? Are there any bandits?" Ma Cheng was stunned.
There is a war in Jiangning. If there are really rogue bandits, instead of supporting them, will you block the river?
It's not surprising that Ma Cheng thought of rogue bandits. These days, rogue bandits are the most numerous and the most unstable factor.
In the past three months, Jiangzhou has fought two or three times with rogue bandits.
If Yuezhou is also considered a rogue bandit, it means that there will be a fight with the rogue bandits almost every month.
"They are not rogues. The officials don't understand the specific situation. However, Magistrate Liu only asked us to stay here and Xuanzhou was not allowed to participate in the war."
Xu Gaoshan received Guo Qi's letter and was quite polite to Ma Cheng.
"This..." Who was fighting with whom?
And what left Ma Cheng speechless the most was that as the general of Dangtu, Xu Gaoshan didn't even know who was fighting with whom.
It seems that Liu Min's method of controlling his subordinates is really powerful.
If you can avoid prying into things in society, then you will definitely not allow prying...